Germ studies show that a kitchen cutting board carries up to 200 times more bacteria than a toilet seat. Here’s how to clean your cutting board.
Reduce Long-Term Loan Costs With A 15-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage
For as low as 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates are today, 15-year fixed rate mortgage rates are even lower.
Simple Real Estate Definitions : Tax And Insurance Escrow
Want a discount on your next mortgage rate? Tell your lender that you’re willing to escrow.
Have Mortgage Rates Bottomed Out?
Mortgage rates have troughed. Or, so it seems.
Fed Minutes Suggest New Economic Stimulus Next Week
The Federal Open Market Committee released its November 2011 meeting minutes, revealing a Fed split on whether new stimulus is needed for the U.S. economy.
More Housing Strength : Pending Home Sales Surged In October
After 3 consecutive months of easing, the Pending Home Sales Index jumped 10 percent in October, lending credence to the belief that housing is in recovery.
Friday’s Jobs Report Represents A Big Risk To Low Mortgage Rates
At 8:30 AM ET Friday, the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its November Non-Farm Payrolls report. Have you been floating a mortgage rate? It may be time to lock.
Case-Shiller Index: 17 Of 20 U.S. Housing Markets Slipped In September
Standard & Poor’s released its September 2011 Case-Shiller Index this week. The index tracks home price changes in select cities between months, quarters, and years. The Case-Shiller Index for September showed drastic devaluations nationwide.
New Home Supplies Fall To An 18-Month Low
If you plan to buy of new construction in 2012, don’t expect today’s low prices. Like everything in housing of late, the market for newly-built homes appears to be improving.
Home Improvement Projects : How Much Equity Will You Build?
According to Remodeling Magazine’s Cost vs Value Report 2011-2012, for each home improvement dollar spent in 2012, homeowners can expect to recoup just 58 cents in home equity.